Thankful Smead

1677 - 1704  (26 years)

• Name	Thankful Smead  [1, 2]
  Birth	13 May 1677	Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	29 Feb 1704	Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  Burial	Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I805	Master
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2018

  
  

  Father	William Smead, Jr,   b. 1624, Coggeshall, Essex, England d. 1 Jan 1703, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Lawrence,   b. 15 Sep 1635, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 29 Feb 1704 , Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	31 Dec 1658	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F202	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Hawks,   b. 26 Jun 1671, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA d. 29 Feb 1704, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	1695	Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA   [5]
  Children	1. John Hawks,   b. 6 Jun 1696, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA d. 29 Feb 1704, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA (Age 7 years)   2. Nathaniel Hawks,   b. 3 Aug 1698, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA d. 13 Aug 1698, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA (Age 0 years)   3. Martha Hawks,   b. 4 Oct 1699, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA d. 29 Feb 1704, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA (Age 4 years)   4. Thankful Hawks,   b. 18 Nov 1701, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA d. 29 Feb 1704, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA (Age 2 years)
  Family ID	F3744	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 13 May 1677 - Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 1695 - Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA Death - 29 Feb 1704 - Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA Burial - - Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Thankful Smead Chest with Drawers ca. 1695 Massachusetts Oak and pine Photographed at Huntington Library in San Marino, California while on loan from the Dietrich American Foundation in Philadelphia. Known as a Hadley chest, these types of chests were produced in Connecticutt River valley towns in central New England near Hadley Massachusetts. From the T. S. carved in its front, it is known this chest was made for Thankful Smead, born in Deerfield 1677 and died there with her husband 3 children in the 1704 Deerfield raid. This chest may have been presented to Thankful Smead around 1695 upon her marriage to John Hawks Jr.

  
  

• Sources

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